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SONATA ARCTICA: Russian Dates Announced

Finnish melodic metallers SONATA ARCTICA have schedules two shows in Russia in February 2010. They are as follows: Feb. 13 - St. Petersburg - Glav Club Feb. 14 - Moscow - B1 Maximum SONATA ARCTICA was forced to cancel three shows last week (Graz, Vienna and Munich) due to singer Tony Kakko's infecti...

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VANISHING POINT: In Writing Mode

Australian progressive metal band VANISHING POINT is writing material for its as-yet-untitled fifth studio album, to be released in 2010. Upcoming VANISHING POINT shows: Dec. 31 - Screamfest @ Enmore Theatre - Sydney, AUS Jan. 03 - Hi-Fi - Brisbane, AUS (w/ SONATA ARCTICA) Jan. 05 - Billboard's - Me...

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SONATA ARCTICA: Japanese Dates Announced

Finnish melodic metallers SONATA ARCTICA will embark on a tour of Japan in January. Confirmed dates are as follows: Jan. 13 - Osaka, JPN - Club Quattro Jan. 15 - Hiroshima, JPN - Club Quattro Jan. 16 - Nagoya, JPN - Club Quattro Jan. 18 - Tokyo, JPN - O-East Jan. 19 - Tokyo, JPN ...

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POWERGLOVE Announces Headlining Dates

Arlington, Massachusetts-based instrumental "video game metal" outfit POWERGLOVE — whose music is based off one video game or a series of video games — has scheduled the following "off-night " headline dates during its upcoming tours with HAMMERFALL and SONATA ARCTICA: Mar. 14 - Detroit, MI - Blondi...

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SONATA ARCTICA Singer's Vocal-Cord Infection Forces Concert Cancellations

Finnish melodic metallers SONATA ARCTICA have issued the following statement: "Due to an infection of his vocal cords, singer Tony Kakko had to see a doctor in Budapest. The singer's infection has forced the band to cancel today's (November 18) show in Graz, as well as the show in Vienna (November 1...

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SONATA ARCTICA Schedules Dortmund Signing Session

Finnish melodic metallers SONATA ARCTICA will take part in a signing session before their show in Dortmund, Germany on December 2. The event will take place from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. CET at Idiots Records, Nuclear Blast Shop Dortmund, located at Rheinische Str. 14. Tel. 0049 231/7214723. SONATA AR...

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DRAGONFORCE: All Live Shows For 2010 Cancelled

British extreme epic power metallers DRAGONFORCE have issued the following update: "It is with great regret that DRAGONFORCE have to announce the cancellation of the two shows in Tokyo that were scheduled for the beginning of March 2010. The reason for this is that at the end of the 2009 U.K. part o...

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'Promised Land Of Heavy Metal' To Receive European Release In February

"Promised Land of Heavy Metal", a documentary about the history and philosophy of heavy metal and how it became such a big deal in a small country called Finland, will be released in Europe (except for Finland, France and Russia),Australia and New Zealand on February 5, 2010 via Cyclone Empire. The...

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CANNIBAL CORPSE, SONATA ARCTICA Confirmed For Slovenia's METALCAMP Festival

CANNIBAL CORPSE, SONATA ARCTICA, DEMONICAL, SUICIDAL ANGELS, OMEGA LITHIUM, ACELDAMA, LUJURIA and ENOCHIAN THEORY have been confirmed for next year's installment of the Metalcamp festival, set to take place July 5-11, 2010 in Tolmin, Slovenia. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ABSTINENZ...

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SONATA ARCTICA: North American Headlining Tour Announced

Finnish melodic metallers SONATA ARCTICA will embark on a North American headlining tour in the spring. Support will come from MUTINY WITHIN and POWERGLOVE. The dates are as follows: Apr. 02 - Philadelphia, PA @ Trocadero Apr. 03 - Worcester, MA @ Palladium Apr. 05 - New York, NY @ Gramercy Theater...

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SWALLOW THE SUN, SURVIVORS ZERO, KIANA Confirmed For FINNISH METAL EXPO

SWALLOW THE SUN, SURVIVORS ZERO and KIANA have been confirmed to perform at the sixth annual Finnish Metal Expo, which will be held February 19-20, 2010 in Helsinki. Also scheduled to appear are SONATA ARCTICA, APOCALYPTICA, INSOMNIUM, SATYRICON and HYPOCRISY. Finnish Metal Expo, the main event of H...

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DELAIN Joined By NIGHTWISH's HIETALA, Former AFTER FOREVER Singer At Zwolle Concert

DELAIN's "special show" on Saturday, October 31 at Broerenkerk in Zwolle, Holland was professionally filmed for possible release. Joining the group during the performance were special guests Marco Hietala (NIGHTWISH, TAROT) and Floor Jansen (AFTER FOREVER, REVAMP). Fan-filmed video footage of the co...

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DELAIN: Behind-The-Scenes Footage From 'Stay Forever' Video Shoot Available

Behind-the-scenes footage from the making of "Stay Forever", the new video from DELAIN — the Dutch gothic rock/metal project founded by ex-WITHIN TEMPTATION keyboardist Martijn Westerholt (brother of WITHIN TEMPTATION's Robert Westerholt) — can be viewed below. The song comes off the band's second a...

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DELAIN Guitarist Quits

DELAIN — the Dutch gothic rock/metal project founded by ex-WITHIN TEMPTATION keyboardist Martijn Westerholt (brother of WITHIN TEMPTATION's Robert Westerholt) — has issued the following update: "We are sad to announce that Ronald [Landa, guitar] has decided to part ways with DELAIN. "Ronald has been...

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DELAIN Bassist To Sit Out European Tour

DELAIN — the Dutch gothic rock/metal project founded by ex-WITHIN TEMPTATION keyboardist Martijn Westerholt (brother of WITHIN TEMPTATION's Robert Westerholt) — has issued the following update: "Because our bandmate Rob [van der Loo, bass] has a lot of personal stuff going on in December, he will no...